1) Afghan President arrived in India on 3-day visit:
--> Ashraf Ghani arrived in India on his
first state visit to India, seven months after took over as Afghanistan
President.
--> After he assumed his office he
visited China and Pakistan.
--> He has already met Modi during the
SAARC summit in Kathmandu in November 2014.
2) ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dead:
--> Radio Iran has claimed that ISIS
chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has died.
--> Al-Baghdadi, believed to be in his
40s, had a $10 million US bounty on his head.
--> Since taking the reins of the
Islamic State in 2010, he had transformed it from a local branch of al-Qaida
into an independent transnational military force, positioning himself as
perhaps the pre-eminent figure in the global jihadist community.
3) Capgemini acquires IGATE for $4 bn:
--> The Paris-headquartered Capgemini
has announced the acquisition of New Jersey-based IGATE, which has operations
in India, for $4 billion in cash.
--> The deal, one of the largest in the
Indian information technology sector, will see the exit of IGATE co-founders
Ashok Trivedi and Sunil Wadhwani, along with private equity firm Apax Partners.
4) Badminton player Lee Chong Wei gets backdated doping ban:
--> Malaysian shuttler Lee Chong Wei was
handed a backdated eight-month ban for doping by the Badminton World Federation
on 27 April 2015.
--> The 32-year-old Malaysian, twice an
Olympic silver medallist, had been under a provisional suspension since
November after testing positive for anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone during
the world championships three months earlier.
5) Loretta Lynch sworn-in as the Attorney General of US:
--> Loretta Lynch was sworn in on 27
April 2015 as the 83rd Attorney-General, becoming the first African-American
woman to serve as the top U.S. law enforcement official.
--> Vice-President Joe Biden
administered the oath of office to Ms. Lynch (55) at a Justice Department
ceremony.
--> Ms. Lynch replaces Eric Holder, who
left the job after six years as head of the department.
6) Sudan President Omar al-Bashir re-elected:
--> Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has
won Presidential re-election by securing 94 per cent of the vote.
--> With this win he will have
additional term of five years in office which will extend his current 25-year
rule.
--> He is in power since 1989.
--> In this election Omar’s National
Congress Party (NCP) also won 323 of 426 parliamentary seats.
7) INS Tarangini departed for “Lokayan-2015”:
--> INS Tarangini the Sail Training Ship
of Indian Navy left from Kochi on an eight month voyage through Europe to
participate in the annual Tall Ship Races and other events organised under the
aegis of Sail Training International.
--> This year’s Tall Ship Races will be
conducted primarily off the coast of United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark, Germany
and Netherlands.
--> INS Tarangini, a three masted
barque,built in Goa Shipyard Ltd and commissioned on 11 Nov 1997, is manned by
06 officers, 40 sailors and 30 trainees.
--> The theme for LOKAYAN -15 has been
chosen as “TACKING FOR A BROADER REACH”.
8) India crowned champions at President's Cup Boxing
Tournament:
--> Rakesh Kumar (69kg) and Harpal Singh
(75kg) struck gold as India were crowned champions for the first time in the
22nd President's Cup Boxing Tournament in Palembang, Indonesia.
--> The Indian team logged 33 points to
finish ahead of second-placed Mongolia after Rakesh and Harpal's gold medals
took the country's total tally to four gold and a bronze at the end of the
event.
9) China`s Lin Dan won men`s title at Asia Championships:
--> China`s Lin Dan won the men`s
singles at the Badminton Asia Championships in China on 26 April 2015,
defending his title won last year in South Korea and adding another crown to an
illustrious career.
--> Lin, the No. 2 seed, defeated
compatriot Tian Houwei 21-19, 21-8 in a match that lasted 50 minutes in the
central city of Wuhan.
--> In women`s singles, seventh seed
Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand came from behind to upset top seed Li Xuerui of
China 20-22, 23-21, 21-12 in a match that lasted 76 minutes.
